7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can send us a text message 3. 202 748800 cspanwj. Since novemberth 3 election and 11 days before electors meet to cast their votes. So far 306 electoral votes for joe biden, 232 for President Trump. The popular vote standing at 81 million for joe biden and 74 million for President Trump. Here is the headline reporting in the Washington Post. Trump escalates election attacks in 46 minute video rant. They say trumps video represented his most comprehensive remarks about the election and came after he spent the month since the election hidden from public view say for a handful of appearances and a call in on fox news channel. Any hope of the president might be coming to grips with his loss and accepting the fact that joe biden will be sworn in as president was dashed by his combative and emphatic tone, which amounted to a call to arms to his supporters. The fight is paying dividends with trumps political operation. Using a bl
Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Nonprofit the represent local Health Departments across the country in a number of ways. Them with resources and publication, we also are a liaison between our Health Department and the federal agencies. The cdc, health and human services, fema and others. And we basically advocate on , our Government Public Health system. How are most city and county local Health Officials funded . Funded through their , our federally at ment, typically allocate Health Funding to the states. In the states can also, have their own funding the resource the local Health Departments as well. What are some of the challenges you are hearing from the heroes from those across the country since the start of the pandemic. Everything is hyper escalated , the other things that are on with the threat like covid19, our health permits under extreme duress. The can address the disease that have the other resources on the ground. That are used to mitigate the disease. Without pointing out individual counties or cities
Charles standoff over the Senate Impeachment trial extending into the new year. Were still waiting to see when Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send two articles to the upper chamber. Some republicans argue the speaker is in contempt conference. That impeachment isnt valid until she transfers the charges. Congressman andy biggs on House Judiciary Committee and cochair of the House Freedom caucus. Happy new year to you, sir. Congressman biggs, where do things stand at very moment . Where we are where we were a week 1 2 ago. Nancy pelosi is basically holding on to the articles. She is not transmitting, she is softly backing away from her original reason why, she wanted leverage, wanted to control the u. S. Senate trial which she cannot do. So, question is, and you have asked it, framed it right, is she going to transmit . If so, when will she transmit . What impact will that have . Unlike any other time in the history of this country. Where you have the speaker of the house trying to control th
Stocks. It really started, if you think about it, a year ago today with a big rally the day after christmas, the after the Christmas Eve selloff last year. Now as we get set for a new year, nasdaq 9,000, what is next . What are you thinking about . Im really optimistic where the markets are going in 2020. It is kind of interesting, if you look at this historically, with a year where markets are up over 20 , on the average the dow has been up over 75 of the time with an average of close to 9 . The s p 500 has been up over 83 of the time with an average over 11 . Past returns are not indicative of future returns but if stats is on our side, history is on our side, markets are still good value, there is still room to grow and a lot of potential as weve seen in the past. Connell gary you and i spoke couple days ago right before christmas. Youre more of a worrier, right . Nothing wrong with that. Someones got to but how do you look at this run . At this point, is it getting toward as point